28 June 2007

Paris Hilton to Larry King: "I'm an Aquarius. We're Social People."

Good news and bad news following last night's much-hyped post-prison interview between Paris Hilton and CNN's Larry King Live. The good news: The hotel heiress managed to stick to carefully scripted talking points ("I was treated like everyone else, no worse, no better.") These you may have found empathetic—vapid, but empathetic. She also did not attack the criminal justice system or the judge.

The bad news: The celebutante does not excel at hour-long, live televised interviews. Perhaps sound-bites are better suited to this bland "brand" of celebrity because extended conversations, well, destroyed the mystique.

The talking points morphed into bromides and catch-phrases for 12-step or recovery sessions. (Transcript here and video here.) "I have a new outlook on life," she solemnly said, looking into the camera. "But after being there a while, I had to accept that I could either make the best of it or make the worst of it. So I just went with the motto don't serve the time, let the time serve you."

Highlights: Miss Hilton's reading of her journals a la "Letters From the Birmingham Jail." ("They say when you reach a crossroad or a turning point in life, it
really doesn't matter how we got there, but what we do next after we
got there..It's neither a downfall
nor a failure, but a new beginning.") Also, the claim of having read the Bible every day but unable to recall her favorite passage does not bode well for a "religious" girl brought up in Catholic schools.

The coup de grace: Larry King even managed to look surprised after the model-actress-reality show star insisted. with the most sincere expression, that she never abused alcohol or even experimented with drugs. “I just like to go out
and have fun with my friends,“ she said. “I’m an Aquarius. We’re
social people.”

She wasn't as dumb as I thought she would be,boring yes, dumb, maybe, but that weave was kicking, I wish that some of the sisters who wear them could get one as convincing. Two funny things, Larry King trying to prod her with questions that were way over her head, and the fact that she kept saying she wanted to "help those people." Ok.....

Actually, Paris Hilton was smart not to quote from the Bible,which notoriously difficult when your'e nervous. Had she made a mistake in quoting, the media would have been all over her for that.

We really only know that Paris Hilton smokes weed occasionally, which de-criminalized in California. The photo of her smoking pot in Amsterdam was perfectly legal to do there.
I think that Paris Hilton meant she does not do Hard Drugs, and I don't recall ever hearing differently. People are perhaps a bit too hard on Paris Hilton.

Brenda B. too hard on poor Paris Hilton who used insultingly the word "niggers" to Blacks behind their backs after she smiled in their faces - that was caught on video. She was also videotaped drunk at a party sporting gangsta gestures saying "look at me I'm a nigger". She was also homophobic calling a gay man "fag" to his face at that same party.